The College Basketball belt's wildest and quietest seasons

The seasons the belt changed hands most, and the ones it hardly moved.

Some seasons the belt barely moves. Others it gets passed around like a hot potato. Here are the seasons it changed hands most, and the ones where it hardly moved.

Busiest seasons

1. 2006–07: 21 title changes among 18 programs; Florida finished with it.
2. 2012–13: 21 title changes among 15 programs; Louisville finished with it.
3. 2004–05: 16 title changes among 12 programs; North Carolina finished with it.
4. 2005–06: 16 title changes among 13 programs; Florida finished with it.
5. 1980–81: 15 title changes among 15 programs; Indiana finished with it.

Quietest seasons

1. 1960–61: 1 title change. Ohio State carried it in and Cincinnati carried it out.
2. 1962–63: 1 title change. Niagara carried it in and Providence carried it out.
3. 1975–76: 1 title change. UCLA carried it in and Indiana carried it out.
4. 1990–91: 1 title change. UNLV carried it in and Duke carried it out.
5. 1959–60: 3 title changes. California carried it in and Ohio State carried it out.

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